HP FC HBAs - Manual (Page 4)

Benefits At a Glance Benefits At a Glance Benefits At a Glance Benefits At a Glance
Get better performance at Get better performance at Get better performance at Get better performance at
a competitive price
a competitive price a competitive price a competitive price
The 8 Gb series of fibre channel host bus adapters are priced only slightly higher than equivalent 4 Gb
HBAs, yet they have the ability to deliver twice the I/O performance.
Be well positioned for the Be well positioned for the Be well positioned for the Be well positioned for the
future with 8 Gb
future with 8 Gb future with 8 Gb future with 8 Gb
technology
technology technology technology
Since 4 Gb technology will be considered "old" soon, customers have the opportunity to move to 8 Gb
technology, which is backward compatible with 4 Gb and 2 Gb and will serve them for a much longer
period than 4 Gb technology.
Enhanced for storage Enhanced for storage Enhanced for storage Enhanced for storage
intensive applications
intensive applications intensive applications intensive applications
When using storage intensive applications like backup/restore, database transactions, and rich media,
the improved I/O performance allows you to store and retrieve data much faster
Supports virtualized Supports virtualized Supports virtualized Supports virtualized
servers for overall effective
servers for overall effective servers for overall effective servers for overall effective
server utilization
server utilization server utilization server utilization
Today, the average server operates at approximately 25% of its capacity and IT administrators are being
challenged to increase server utilization and reduce operational costs. The 8Gb HBA support for
virtualized servers will assist IT administrators in their adoption of server virtualization.
Evolving HBA technology Evolving HBA technology Evolving HBA technology Evolving HBA technology
keeps pace with the
keeps pace with the keeps pace with the keeps pace with the
effective bandwidth of
effective bandwidth of effective bandwidth of effective bandwidth of
server busses.
server busses. server busses. server busses.
. The new 8Gb Fibre Channel technology is a natural complement to the PCIe 2.0 bus architecture and
will provide servers with ample bandwidth and throughput performance.
Redundant HBAs for high Redundant HBAs for high Redundant HBAs for high Redundant HBAs for high
availability
availability availability availability
Failover of HBAs to prevent single point of failure. Two single port cards have higher data availability
than one dual port card.
Latest generation Latest generation Latest generation Latest generation
technology saves power
technology saves power technology saves power technology saves power
Eliminating unnecessary internal activity results in reduced power consumption and waste.(Qlogic)
QuickSpecs
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Features and Benefits
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